{"id":168,"date":"2008-06-18T09:50:39","date_gmt":"2008-06-18T16:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.intego.com\/?p=168"},"modified":"2012-11-14T17:52:16","modified_gmt":"2012-11-15T00:52:16","slug":"choosing-a-mac-antivirus-program-reasons-1-to-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/choosing-a-mac-antivirus-program-reasons-1-to-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Choosing a Mac Antivirus Program: Reasons 1\u00a0to\u00a03"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are the first three reasons to choose Intego for your antivirus (and other Mac security) protection:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Intego has ten years of experience protecting Macs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Only Intego has such long experience protecting Macs from the dangers of the Internet and threats to privacy. While there are some software vendors who are newcomers to Mac protection, Intego has been working with Macs since 1997 and knows Macs inside out. Intego has an accomplished team of Mac developers who make our software the best for this platform.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Intego is the Mac specialist<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Intego protects Macs and only Macs. No other security software company is a Mac-only pure player, and no other company can devote all its time and resources to the specific problems that affect Macs. Other security software vendors sell Windows software, and spend some of their time developing one or two Mac programs to fill out their catalogs, but we at Intego are the Mac specialists.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Intego has a full line of Mac security software<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When faced with security problems, you need more than just an antivirus program. Unlike most vendors, Intego has a full line of security software to protect Macs, from viruses and malware (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/virusbarrier\/\">VirusBarrier<\/a>), hackers and vandals (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/netbarrier\/\">NetBarrier<\/a>), undesirable Internet content (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/contentbarrier\/\">ContentBarrier<\/a>), spam and phishing (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/personalAntispam\/\">Personal Antispam<\/a>), data loss (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/personalbackup\/\">Personal Backup<\/a>), and to protect sensitive files (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/fileguard\/\">FileGuard<\/a>). All of Intego&#8217;s programs are fully interoperable and work together seamlessly. 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